Accessories & Equipment

The 150th anniversary of the German lifeboat service is celebrated in a handsome book of images, as appreciated by Graeme Ewens.

DelNorte in conjunction with OceanWise has delivered a new on-line tidal level system to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to assist its crews to safely launch its rescue craft from its…

According to a UK maritime training provider, the requirements enforced by the UK’s new Workboat Code could lead to a last minute rush for personnel to obtain qualifications.

Ocean Safety has announced its appointment as UK sales and service agents for the full range of Narwhal SOLAS approved Rescue Boats. Narwhal models include the SV-420, SV 480, FRB 700 and…

A very, very new access system has been designed which can automatically ‘hang’ within 15cm of an access platform “like a bee in front of a flower” explained Jean-Pierre Moreau of French…

For those of us who look at a black box and wonder why the fuss, it’s useful to chat to someone who understands why a recent microelectronic breakthrough will make a big…

It’s been a strange time for those involved with offshore containers.

Capable, with a 15 tonne capacity and rated to 4,050m, Seaonics’ A-frame has a trick up its sleeve – a knuckle joint about three-fifths of the way up.

There’s a new 150 tonne knuckleboom crane that can actually generate far more energy that it will consume during a lowering operation.

As the 108m ‘Acta Orion’ is to provide an easy ‘walk-to-work’ for technicians rather than a high speed journey followed by a potentially nasty scramble up a wind tower, it’s involved a…

Norway-based boat handling system and specialised davit supplier Vestdavit has supplied a PLR-3600 FCR davit to the offshore vessel ‘Siem Pilot’, which is Norway’s official contribution to Operation Triton, the European mission…

Now that a single LED floodlight can last for years rather than months and use a fraction of the power of a comparable filament bulbed light source, LED floodlighting is now a…

Harken Industrial is launching its new LokHead winch at Seawork 2015 - a self-tailing, man-riding winch with the security and safety of a captive head, and the company claims, offering complete security…

Seaway Powell Marine has revealed a new design of capstan. These new winches build on the Seaway Powell Marine reputation for quality and robustness, but the real changes are inside with modern…

“As far as we know we’re the first to use the new technology,” so says Chris Catoe of the Shakespeare Antenna Group, speaking about the use of silver plating on antennas.“We’ve not…

It’s a Catch-22 situation: load-bearing deck structures require regular testing but when it comes to man handling solid weights into things like lifeboats, for example, it becomes a scary proposition.

A number of recent Turkish research vessels have gone for a Sea-Bird – MacArtney oceanographic instrumentation and winch combination: Hans Jorgen Hansen of MacArtney puts it down to reliability “and word getting…

The recently launched icebreaker ‘Murmansk’ is big and extremely powerful, but not all of that energy is simply centred on the propulsion.

“People often sigh when you talk about Health and Safety,” Denis Hogan of LEEA International told MJ, but he argued “it’s one of Europe’s most successful exports”.